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Question 11 Mark
What happens in the process of exhalation?
Answer
During exhalation ribs move down and inward and diaphragm moves up to its former position, this reduces the size of chest cavity and air is pushed out of the lungs.
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Question 21 Mark
Pick the odd-one-out from each of the groups given below on the basis of respiratory organs. Give reason for your answer. Crocodile, whale, dolphin, fish.
Answer
Fish is the odd one, as most fish breathe through their gills and do not have lungs.
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Question 31 Mark
Why we should cover our nose while sneezing?
Answer
We should cover our nose while sneezing, so that the foreign particles expelled during sneezing did not get inhaled by other persons.
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Question 41 Mark
A part from stomata another structure is used by plants to respire. Name that structure.
Answer
Lenticels.
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Question 61 Mark
Why does a fish die when kept outside water, even though there is oxygen in the surrounding air?
Answer
When fish is kept outside water, the gills become dry and stick to each other. Thus, gas exchange cannot occur.
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Question 71 Mark
What happens when we inhale air? in exhaled air.
Answer
During inhalation ribs move up and outwards and diaphragm moves down, because of this movement space in our chest cavity increases and air ruses into the lungs.
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Question 81 Mark
Fill in the blank with suitable word. Diaphragm forms the __________ of the chest cavity.
Answer
Diaphragm forms the of floor the chest cavity.
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Question 91 Mark
What is the difference between cellular respiration and internal respiration?
Answer
Both cellular and internal respirations are the same processes.
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Question 101 Mark
How does exchange of gases take place in the plants?
Answer
Exchange of gases in plants takes place through the pores in the leaves called stomata.
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Question 121 Mark
How does the exchange of gases occur in breathing?
Answer
When we inhale air it passes through our nostrils to nasal cavity. From nasal cavity the air reaches our lungs. The exhaled air follows same route to go out. Breathing in and out involves the movement of the diaphragm and the rib cage.
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Question 131 Mark
Why we feel hungry after a physical activity?
Answer
During a physical activity we need more energy. Whenever a person needs extra energy he/ she breathes faster. As a result, more oxygen is supplied to our cells. It speeds up the breakdown of food and more energy is released. Due to rapid breakdown of food we feel hungry.
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Question 141 Mark
Why we should eat regularly?
Answer
The food has stored energy which is released during respiration, thus we should eat regularly.
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Question 151 Mark
Our nostrils has hair and mucous. What is the need to have them in our nasal cavity?
Answer
Our nostrils possess hairs and mucous lining. These help in preventing dirt, dust and germs from entering our respiratory system.
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Question 171 Mark
Pick the odd-one-out from each of the groups given below on the basis of respiratory organs. Give reason for your answer. Lizard, cow, earthworm, snake.
Answer
Earthworm is the odd one, because it breathes through its skin and it does not have lungs.
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Question 181 Mark
When oxygen enters our body it combines with haemoglobin to form a new substance. What is that new product.
Answer
Oxyhaemoglobin.
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Question 191 Mark
In some animals, exchange of gases takes place through its thin and moist skin. Name one such animal.
Answer
Earthworm is an animal where exchange of gases during breathing or respiration takes place through its thin and moist skin.
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Question 201 Mark
Floor of chest cavity refers to which organ of respiration?
Answer
Diaphragm is known as the floor of chest cavity.
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Question 211 Mark
What is the total percentage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in inhaled air and exhaled air?
Answer
The percentage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in inhaled air is $21\%$ and $0.04\%$ respectively and the percentage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in exhaled air is $16.4\%$ and $4.4%$ respectively.
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Question 221 Mark
How respiration does occur in plants?
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In plants the roots take in air present in soil, leaves have tiny pores called stomata that help in exchange of gases. The breakdown of glucose in the plant cells is similar to that in other living beings.
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Question 231 Mark
What happens to your breathing rate when you:
  • Exercise.
  • Go to sleep.
Answer
The breathing rate during exercise is increased while during sleep it goes down.
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Question 241 Mark
Fill in the blank with suitable word.
Cockroaches breathe with the help of air tubes called _________.
Answer
Cockroaches breathe with the help of air tubes called tracheae.
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Question 251 Mark
Explain respiration in plants.
Answer
In plants, air from the atmosphere is taken in through stomata. The carbon dioxide in the air is utilised in the process of photosynthesis by the chloroplasts and oxygen is released out through stomata.
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Question 261 Mark
Why mountaineers carry oxygen with them?
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Mountaineers carry oxygen with them because the amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground.
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Question 271 Mark
A food stall owner was preparing dough for making bhaturas. He added a pinch of yeast and sugar to the dough and left it in a warm place. After few hours, the dough had risen. There was a sour smell too.
Why did the dough rise?
Answer
The dough rose due to the release of carbon dioxide during anaerobic respiration by the yeast.
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Question 281 Mark
Why human breathing mechanism is called tidal breathing?
Answer
Human breathing mechanism is called tidal breathing because air comes in and out using the same path.
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Question 301 Mark
Certain small pores are present on the surface of plant through which gaseous exchange occurs. Identify these pores?
Answer
Stomata are the tiny pores that are present on the surface of plant through which gaseous exchange occurs.
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Question 341 Mark
Mark $‘T’$ if the statement is true and $‘F’$ if it is false:
The fishes have lungs for respiration. $(T/ F)$
Answer
False.
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Question 351 Mark
On a very cold morning, Boojho and Paheli were talking with each other as they walked down to their school. They observed that the air coming out of their mouth looked like smoke. They were amused and wondered how it happened. Help them find the answer.
Answer
On a cold day, the warm and moist air exhaled by us condenses into mist, when it comes in contact with the cold air of the atmosphere. This looks like white smoke.
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Question 361 Mark
Mark $‘T’$ if the statement is true and $‘F’$ if it is false: Frogs breathe through their skins as well as their lungs. $(T/ F)$
Answer
True.
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Question 371 Mark
Fill in the blank with suitable word. Exchange of gases in the leaves takes place with the help of _______.
Answer
Exchange of gases in the leaves takes place with the help of stomata.
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Question 401 Mark
Which gas present in air is essential for aerobic respiration? What is the role of this gas during respiration?
Answer
  • Oxygen present in air is essential for aerobic respiration.
  • Oxygen breaks down food and releases energy during respiration.
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Question 411 Mark
Respiration is a continous process. What is the need for it to be continuous rather than being like photosynthesis?
Answer
Process of respiration yields energy which is required to perform a variety of routine activities. Thus, it needs to be a continuous process.
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Question 441 Mark
Mark $‘T’$ if the statement is true and $‘F’$ if it is false: Plants carry out photosynthesis only during the day and respiration only at night. $(T/ F)$
Answer
False.
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Question 461 Mark
Explain cellular respiration.
Answer
The process of braeakdown of food in the cell with the release of energy is called cellular respiration.
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Question 471 Mark
Paheli participated in a 400m race competition held at her school and won the race. When she came home she had mixed feelings of joy and pain as she had cramps in her leg muscles. After a massage she was relieved of the pain. Answer the following questions related to the situation. What can be the possible reasons for the pain in her legs?
Answer
The pain in her legs could be because of the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles. During heavy exercise or running, etc., the muscle cells respire anaerobically and produce lactic acid.
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Question 481 Mark
Insects have a special organ present to carry out respiration. What is that organ called?
Answer
Insects possess special organ called spiracles for respiration.
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Question 491 Mark
How does exchange of gases take place in unicellular and smaller multicellular animals?
Answer
By diffusion.
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Question 501 Mark
Write short notes on gills.
Answer
Gills in fish help them to use oxygen dissolved in water and thus, help them in breathing. Gills are projections of their skin. These are well supplied with blood vessels for exchange of gases.
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Question 521 Mark
What role does hair present in nasal cavity play in the process of respiration?
Answer
Air around us contains various unwanted particles like smoke, dust, pollens, etc. during inhalation of air these particles get trapped in the hair of nasal cavity and thus these hairs allow clean air to enter our body.
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Question 541 Mark
How do frogs breathe on land and in water?
Answer
In water, frogs exchange gases through its thin, moist and smooth skin which is richly supplied with blood capillaries. On land, frogs breathe through lungs.
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Question 561 Mark
When breathe is released after holding it for few minutes. What happens and give reason for its occurrence?
Answer
Releasing breathe after holding it for sometime results in rapid breathing. It occurs to maintain a healthy balance between intake of $O_2$ and release of carbon dioxide.
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Question 571 Mark
Rearrange the following parts of the Respiratory system in order. Trachea, nose, alveoli, bronchi, nasal cavity, bronchiole.
Answer
Nose → Nasal Cavity → Trachea → Bronchi → Bronchiole → Alveoli.
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Question 581 Mark
Name the organisms which respire using anaerobic mode. Give an example of ane such organism.
Answer
Anaerobes respire using anaerobic mode. Yeast is an organism respiring anaerobically.
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Question 591 Mark
Give the name of respiratory organs in following animals.
  1. Fish.
  2. Human being.
Answer
The respiratory organ of the following animals are as follows:
  1. Fish – Gills.
  2. Human being – lungs.
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Question 601 Mark
The cellular respiration process takes place in which cell organelle?
Answer
Cellular respiration takes place in the mitochondria of the cell.
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Question 621 Mark
Write the difference in the composition of inhaled and exhaled air.
Answer
The inhaled air has larger concentration of oxygen and lesser concentration of carbon dioxide, whereas exhaled air has larger concentration of carbon dioxide and lesser amount of oxygen.
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Question 631 Mark
What is anaerobic respiration?
Answer
The respiration which takes place in the absence of oxygen is called anaerobic respiration.
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Question 641 Mark
Fill in the blank with suitable word. The roots of a plant take up oxygen from the __________ trapped between the _________ particles.
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Question 651 Mark
The vocal ability of humans is the responsibility of an organ commonly known as voice box. What is its scientific name?
Answer
The organ that is responsible for speech is larynx or voice box. It lies between pharynx and trachea.
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Question 661 Mark
Name the respiratory organs in frogs.
Answer
Frogs respire through their moist skin as well as through a pair of lungs.
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Question 671 Mark
When we exhale or breathe out, percentage of a certain gas is high. Name the gas.
Answer
The gas, carbon dioxide is in higher percentage or amount, when we exhale or breathe out.
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Question 681 Mark
How does breathing take place in fishes?
Answer
Fish respire through their gills. Dissolved air in the water is taken in by the gills and is supplied to blood capillaries where exchange of gases takes place.
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Question 691 Mark
Write the path of the air from the nasal cavity to the lungs.
Answer
Nasal cavity → Trachea or wind pipe → Bronchi → Bronchioles → Alveoli
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Question 701 Mark
Pick the odd-one-out from each of the groups given below on the basis of respiratory organs. Give reason for your answer. cockroach, grasshopper, snail, ant.
Answer
Snail is the odd one, as it does not breathe by means of tracheae.
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Question 711 Mark
Why is smoking bad for us?
Answer
Smoking contains harmful gases and substances which damages our lungs. These harmful substances can also cause lung cancer. We must avoid it.
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Question 721 Mark
Why do frogs have thin and moist skin?
Answer
Thin and moist skin helps frog in breathing. Because of thin skin, gases can diffuse (or exchange through) easily. Moist surface also helps gases to dissolve and diffuse into and out of skin cells.
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Question 731 Mark
Mark $‘T’$ if the statement is true and $‘F’$ if it is false:
During heavy exercise the breathing rate of a person slows down. $(T/ F)$
Answer
False.
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Question 741 Mark
Mark the following statement as True or False. Correct the false statement. Oxygen breaks down glucose outside the cells of organisms.
Answer
False.
Oxygen breaks down glucose inside the cells of organisms.
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Question 751 Mark
How do the plants breathe in oxygen?
Answer
In plants each part can independently take in oxygen from air and give out carbon dioxide. Leaves of the plants have tiny pores called 'stomata' for exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Roots take up air from the pores (air spaces) present between the soil particles.
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Question 781 Mark
Explain respiration in water animals.
Answer
Water animals have gills that help them to use oxygen dissolved in water. Gills are projections of the skin which are well supplied with blood vessels for exchange of gases.
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Question 791 Mark
A food stall owner was preparing dough for making bhaturas. He added a pinch of yeast and sugar to the dough and left it in a warm place. After few hours, the dough had risen. There was a sour smell too. Why did the dough smell sour?
Answer
Yeast, during anaerobic respiration also produces alcohol which results in the sour smell of dough.
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Question 801 Mark
Define breathing rate.
Answer
The number of times a person breathes in one minute is called its breathing rate.
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Question 821 Mark
What is breathing rate?
Answer
The number of times a person breathes in a minute is termed as the breathing rate.
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Question 831 Mark
On a very cold morning, Boojho and Paheli were talking with each other as they walked down to their school. They observed that the air coming out of their mouth looked like smoke. They were asumed and wondered how it happened. Help them to find the answer.
Answer
On a cold day, the warm and moist air exhaled by us condenses into moist when it comes in contact with the cold air of the atmosphere, this looks like white smoke.
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Question 841 Mark
Why should you breathe through your nose and not your mouth?
Answer
When we breathe through the nose, the dust particles, smoke, etc. get stuck in the hair present in the nose, which act as filters. But if we breathe through the mouth, all the dust will enter our body system.
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Question 861 Mark
All organisms breathe in $\mathrm{O}_2$ and $\mathrm{CO}_2$. Should be less $\mathrm{O}_2$ and excess of $\mathrm{CO}_2$ in our environment.
Answer
The $\mathrm{CO}_2$ released by us is used by plants during the process of respiration and they release $\mathrm{O}_2$ as a result of this process which is used by rest of the organisms.
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Question 871 Mark
Name the animal who does dual breathing?
Answer
Frogs. Inside water, they breathe through their skin. When on land, they breathe through lungs.
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Question 881 Mark
How do insects breathe?
Answer
Insects have several small openings called spiracles on the lateral sides of their bodies. These spiracles lead to air tubes called trachea. Exchange of gases takes place through spiracles into trachea.
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Question 891 Mark
What are the end products of aerobic respiration.
Answer
During aerobic respiration, carbon dioxide and water are released along with a large amount of energy. $\text{Glucose}\xrightarrow{\text{O}_2}\text{CO}_2+\text{Water}+\text{Energy}$
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Question 901 Mark
Why yeast is used in wine making industry?
Answer
Yeast is a type of fungi which respires anaerobically and produce alcohol. Therefore, they are used to make wine and beer.
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Question 911 Mark
Is the rate of breathing same for all the respiring organism?
Answer
No, different organisms respire at different rate because they all perform different activities at all times.
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Question 921 Mark
Mark the following statement as True or False. Correct the false statement. Insects have spiracles on the Lower surface of the body.
Answer
False.
Insects have spiracles on the sides of the body.
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Question 941 Mark
Pick the odd-one-out from each of the groups given below on the basis of respiratory organs. Give reason for your answer. Snake, tadpole, crow, goat.
Answer
Tadpole is the odd one, as it breathes through gills and do not have lungs.
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Question 961 Mark
Mark the following statement as True or False. Correct the false statement.
Frogs can breathe through their skin as well as lungs.
Answer
True.
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Question 971 Mark
What changes are observed in diaphragm during inhalation?
Answer
During the process of inhalation diaphragm contracts and moves downwards.
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Question 981 Mark
Sometimes we see that farmers loosen the soil. What is the reason behind it?
Answer
The farmers sometimes loosen the soil. This helps the root to respire through the air present in the space between soil particles.
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Question 991 Mark
Explain respiration in earthworm.
Answer
Earthworm breathes through their skins, the skin of an earthworm feels moist and slimy on touching and gases can pass easily through them.
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Question 1011 Mark
Name the two steps in breathing.
Answer
Breathing involves intake of oxygen-rich air and out-take of $\mathrm{CO}_2$ rich air.
The two steps involved are:
  1. Inhalation.
  2. Exhalation.
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Question 1021 Mark
How does exchange of gases take place in insects?
Answer
Exchange of gases takes place in insect through spiracles into trachea.
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Question 1031 Mark
Mark $‘T’$ if the statement is true and $‘F’$ if it is false: The size of the chest cavity increases during inhalation. $(T/ F)$
Answer
True.
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Question 1041 Mark
What happens during increased physical activity?
Answer
Increased physical activity increases the rate of oxidations of food, which in turn needs more oxygen. This further results in increase of the breathing rate.
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Question 1051 Mark
Various organs constitute the respiratory system of human. These organs are located according to their functions. Identify them.
Answer
The various organs in the respiratory system of human are nostrils, nasal passage, nasal cavity, windpipe and lungs.
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